Improvement in stucco cornices



A. DERROM.

Stucco Cornices.

Patented May 20.1873.

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ANDREW DERROM, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT vIN STUCCO CQRNICES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,049, dated May 20,1873; application iiled January 6, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW DERnoM, of Paterson, in the county of Passaicand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inPlaster Gornices and Ornaments, of which the following is aspecification:

The drawing represents a sectional view of my invention.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the construction ofcornices or other ornaments of plaster, cement, or other composition atplaces distant from those at which such ornamentation is to be nally`and permanently applied, and thereby to enable experts in themanufacture of such things to make the same at their respective shops orplaces of business, and then, without fear of breakage or injury,transport vthem to the place or places at which the same are to beapplied, and properly and irmly attach them to the ceilings or walls.

At present it is an item of considerable expense and some inconvenienceto form ceiling` and panel ornaments of plaster or similar substance,chiey because the ornaments must be formed on the spot on which they areto relnain, thus exposing the artisan to every inconvenience of angles,high ceiling, 85o.

My invention consists in constructing such ornaments on and around aframe-work, A, of Wood or metal, so that by such frame-work the brittleor fragile substance of the ornaments will be strengthened.

Thus made, the ornaments, whatever their length or size, can be safelytransported from place to place, and firmly attached by screws, pins, orother means to the walls or ceilings and cach other, the screw-heads orpin-ends being easily covered by plaster or paint.

It is evident that, being portable, the ornaments can, according to myinvention, be made at any place convenient, and can then be transportedto the locality where they are to be used.

The framework A should be varied in shape, according to the shape to begiven to the plaster or other ornaments, and therefore cannot bespecially described.

In cornices for rooms I would prefer to construct it of 'a series oflongitudinal bars that are connected at intervals by uprights and ltransverse strips, so that they form one rigid structure, around whichthe plaster B or other Vcomposition can be conveniently formed, and

